Index file case



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-11. E. MOON INDEX FILE CASE.

No. 252,394. Patg nted Jan. 17,1882.

Be in known that I, EIR HMOON mind, in the countyof: Weyi eendthe State oflndiahe, hei'e invente'llcerbain new and usefnllmp'ro iements in; Index File-Gases; and I. I 51 ,do hereby declare the following to be a full,

r jj su cl 'es will enable ot hers skilledlin the arizlto which it; pertainst'o make and use it, reiercnce to being heel to theiaccompauying drawings,

Figure 1represents aperspective view of a cabinet; with file-case placed above. F reprer each subdi v idegl ihto one,hundredpigeoinholcs i r b m ke Wit-h fi e s etruotiooentl errengeinenp. i

iiertlywithclreiinfio showtheir'finternelhom onthe seme,es-shown.- Theeabinetfiis also i shown containingibur closed drawersflhrfee marked with lhevowels as showmend one numberedoon ghe zoutside, as shown. ig.3 represent s oneof the index-drawers removed from the ease, and Fig. his an indexrol hme removecl from ethesaidldrewer; i 3o ll 1e inllexing means shown iu Figs. 1 and 4,01 any othersuitable indexing devioe, may housed. i j, 3 i To further illustrate my im entionend the various applications to whichib lSflfliLLltQd 1: f 5 will oallmy method of arranging the sections oif file casejli,Fig. 1,.thesubdivisions andnuznberingthoreof, in ieonuectionqwith drewer's, Figsfiyzmd the books with figured ,ni-ergins, 1 Fig. ej, g-he h.gleoi ual,sysi emof indexing and follows,viz:, i M I {Bhenugnbersvinlarge type above each sectionengleyghe{highesqor uost conspicuous plece represen he nju rnber ofthe box pigeon-i 5 hole or :connpe inept we seolzion ,co nmencjes i with, ,to wit: 11 n bisection B,Fig.2, zero shows i the; t hefirst boigat the upper left-handicae: begins with dg cipher or thefirst; digit- See: gimme r eem kea w 11 7 w f 5o ithet the first box in-that section beginswith i100, For'iconveniencel willicall those upper numbers), 190,200, 855., section-numberefi? clear,andexecp rdescripfioh of the ini'cntion, 1

which form purbof thisspecificatioinin which 1 sents the file-case .wilhlwo full seeuml eo,

shown. The i Fig. 2 representsa fronfi elei r-eizioii of the same file-ease F extended to fourse ciions, B, 3 0,1), and H, filled rvith boxes and numbered p em mmn m, irmiem. t

miles: i'she ouse'.

i mpm wjm me pm 0p ee emt No. 252,394 dated January 17, 1852;

mediately above the ten vertical tiers of pi geow.

holes or boxes, and preferably below thesec- 5 moo-numbers, beginning preferably at Lhelcfb" side of each section with zero,anrl; runninghorizontal-ly-ito the right consecutively to nine, represent the tens of all numbersiu that section, and lorconvenience I call this line of fig 6o ores the lens-line. instead of omitting the -cipliers, as here showmihey'mey beused thus: 0, 10,2 .?O,&c.; but I prefer to omit the ciphers i i i Applicafiinh filofl December 150, i879.

, 1 To all whom itauayhoncewlij 5-f I The figures representing the ten digits-ire "ofRicb The figures marked on the boxes, asseen in Fig. 2,1 or on the stiles, as at Fig. 1,3, represent the nnitsof all numbersin tha t section.

In marking the sections'the ciphers nieyalso 1,42, 3,4,

ohm, meaning seolioii ll, 100,"?2 When tl seehions increase until thepuuibrs; reach thousands, as seen'in sections D and H, -Figl2, 1*, wherein the cabinet; or file-oase'l'igjbr convenience of illustration, reprcse ntekl es having a portion broken away, section 1700 may 7 5 be represente lin the, form ofefraction, l, So, lSOUmuy be expressed in full or the fraction omitting the ciphers, end expressiiigflihex.

,thousands by the numerator of the fraobioiian (1 the hundreds byfthe denominator. Thus Shh Oil 8 would be expressed My ,0bject;in placing the thousands above, thehundreds below, and the tens below the, humlreds,end,laetly,the units belowt'he tens,-'- x is meld-and relieve the memory; but these figures mfay'be located with respect. to the sec-i tious to suib the operator, but meet be applied strictlyes hereinwlcscribed. {I i The epplicuizioirofithis decimal systemin file ing paper-e, documente, &c.,ancl referring to i the same, will nonfi be obvious.

filed in, eel-y ,for-insba ncebox 67, go to eeotion' ma-rkegl zero, Fig. 2 of tirawinge Find 6. in the tensline and 21in the units-line, and the Fig. 2 of drawings. Find 5 in the tens-line .100

and 4 in theunits-line, and the box numbered 154i will be found at thefi'rj terseciion of the two lines of boxes markefifiin the tens-line-aml 4;

in the units-line, respectively.

9S paper desired will befound in thebox-et the p 3 document should have marked uiion, it; thefnllnumber of the box in which. such he taergordocument belongs, so that it may be readily replaced-in the proper box. 1

herein.- -describedis.this: In case of u urge numher ci' boxes arranged in the usual way, each one merited with-oneormore large numbers, therefiioifigonly has to he considersble search to fi edthe box or pigeon-hole, but" the mind has to carry whole sentences while inakiug'the search? Thus, to fi'nd'box' 'lilii in theordin'ury wuyfthe mind has tocurry from "first to last the whole sentence, one'tho'usund' seven hundred and eighty-nine. In the deci noel system, so soon as the eye catches the section-number the thousands and hundred 'cfqthe number are disposed of, and the mind carries down-to the tens-line only 89, where the 8 is disposed of, and the mind goes down tothe proper box burdened with nouglit but the figure 9.

In combination with and for the purpose of extending the decimal system herein described 1 use the cabinet G, Figs. 1 and 2,'wilh u se ries of drawers subdivided as shown in Fig. 3, in comhinationwith a suitable indexing device, as shown at Fig. 4.

Figures on the outside of drawers represent the first number indexed on the inside of the drawer. The first number indexed on the inside of drawer opposite zero, on the outside, isizero, the first. indexed in the drawer marked llilld'oii the outside, is one hundred, and so on. In marking the outside of drawers the ciphers may be left oii'. They always represent thousands, and each side of a double drawerin the method herein described will 1 index; one thousand boxes, files, or pigeonbc-used, if desired.

holes, or ten sections of the decimal file-case.

These druwers may have part or all their sides cut away, as shown.

The figures 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 850., arru-tiged on the center piece, T, Fig. 3, represent the hundreds of all numbers indexed on either side of the drawers, with the-ciphers omitted. They may When these drawers are intended to. be used as an index for papers,

' documents, books, pages, 8w, cards or books The benefit-derived from the decim'el eye- 'ber of v I g If this system'is to be applied to paging of Deco lube-231819.-

' ecesses the huddreds, and from/this comp art'ln'ei'it d'f takethe book, and'ou' leuf marked zero and-on zero-line l find this entry: Otis vsJAitiinau 8r Taylor, Record P, page 300, case No, 2400, box 1713. Any other desired,ini'ormation maiyT be added. Now, if "wowish the record, we have here the book'und page; if the papers, we have the number of'the box. finding has ulreadyibeen' explained. Again,

Themanner of if I desire to lind-therecordor helpers in e e .2 93, o dr wer, waite 9 ()lllISlClBflZakB' the book fro-in'j compartment .4

and open to'zero'-m'argin',"und' on line 30f that leaf will be found the partiesnames, and

any information desired as to record and numbox.

books or in any way not requiring the numbering upon the outside of drawers, they may stead, thereof the class of the business indexed may be markedou the outside. i The letters on the outside of the druwers in the cabinet G, Fig. 2, d d (1, represent the vowels, and fi-I'8,ll$8(l' 3$ the first vowel occurring in the leading name ortitle to be indexed and the surname of individuals. The marginal vowel-index on the books represents the first vowel in any name occurring after the initial letter. I

-If desired, the letters on the outside of the drawers may be omitted, and bookswitli full be omitted and the inside used only; and inalphabetically-indexed margins may be'used' I iii-each compartment, as seen in Fig.4, the center piece indexing by initial one name, and

the book-leaves the initials of the other. In

this case Buy vs. Adams would be found on the Aleaf or. page of the book in compart ment D.

.Havingdescribed inyinyention and pointed out a few of the advantages to be derived from the use of it, what I claim as new, and

desire to secure by LettersPntent, is-

The combination, with the cabinet composed of sections, each subdivided into on'ehuiidred pigeon-holes, compartments, or boxes, under horizontal and vertical digital numbering, of

the drawer or drawers subdivided into indexed compartments and containing sub-indexed books, cards, or other devices to facilitate Search or use of the cabinet, as set forth.

In testimony the-t1 claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 29th dayo menu 11. Moon.

Witnesses: I

A. G, HEYLMAN, '1. A; CONNOLL'Y. 

